A suspect was in custody after authorities had been concerned in a police pursuit in Miami-Dade that ended in a SWAT standoff at a house in Hialeah Wednesday.
The incident reportedly started when Miami-Dade officers noticed a automobile that was the topic of a “be on the lookout” issued earlier Wednesday.
The man who was the topic of the pursuit is a 53-year-old who members of the family stated was having a psychological disaster and was threatening to take his personal life.
Footage confirmed a number of officers following a dark-colored SUV on the Florida’s Turnpike in Miami-Dade County.
The SUV was touring at a excessive charge of velocity earlier than it bumped into visitors on the Turnpike.
The driver ultimately exited the Turnpike and began driving on floor streets earlier than winding up on the Gratigny Expressway.
After exiting the Expressway, the SUV was nonetheless being adopted on roadways and right into a neighborhood in Northwest Miami-Dade.
The SUV ultimately stopped in the driveway of a house on W. sixtieth Street in Hialeah, the place the motive force acquired out and entered his residence.
Multiple officers and an armored SWAT truck shortly surrounded the house.
Less than an hour later, a person walked out of the house and surrendered to police. He will endure a psychological analysis.
“We wanted to keep eyes on him, we wanted to make sure he would make it home, for us it’s always better for him to make it home so we can have a controlled environment, the last thing we would want is for something to happen in the middle of the street,” Hialeah Police Lt. Eddie Rodriguez stated.
Nearby Ashbury Christian School was positioned on lockdown as a precaution.
No different information was instantly recognized.
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